POAP 7571531 at Elixir | POAP KINGS.

Watched: Hamnet. Really great. Won’t ever see Hamlet the same way again. 🍿

Yet another great Spurs win, coming back in the 4th quarter down a bunch. This team is unique. They just get it done. 🏀

Hard to believe this many fall leaves survived such a snowy winter. I welcome their color as gloomy rains begin to take over the season.

Elixir has come a super long way and is very agentic. In usage though its intelligence was really limited due to the data layer. In the midst of a total refactoring of the data and tools with Codex using GPT-5.4 and it is pretty amazing.

1. I asked Codex to do an analysis of the current data and tools and provide me an ERD to see as well as an assessment of shortcomings and gaps. It found so much that was problematic.
2. I asked it to do a full reconnaissance of the Clash Royale API to get a better understanding of what was available.
3. We redesigned the entire tool set to represent state better.
4. Claude and I developed a list of 50 test questions that we used 10 at a time to test the new data model and tools.
5. Codex finalized the new design and data model and is now refactoring.

Pretty amazing for 45 minutes.

Ratcheteer DX looks fun. I saw it was produced by Panic but didn’t realize until now that Shaun Inman worked on it. Very cool… Going to get it for Switch but feel like it should be played on a Game Boy Advance. 🕹️

OpenAI delays adult mode:

We still believe in the principle of treating adults like adults, but getting the experience right will take more time.

A good and fairly obvious call, this was a distraction for a company that is pulled in too many different directions. GPT-5.4 released last week is a great model, but it’s lost in the noise.

OpenAI has an infrastructure advantage and so should be focusing almost everything on model thinking quality, background agents like Pulse that require enormous compute, and the upcoming device from Jony Ive. A new device with a good brand would help too.

Started watching House of Guinness. Really like the look of the show. Good so far. 🍺